The Green Life: Family's Esopus Meadows walk inspiring

11:20 PM,
Oct. 6, 2012

Written by

Jimmy Buff

"Let's go for a walk," my wife said. It was a golden autumn day, the kind of weather that inspires ad campaigns downstate for leaf peeping and sightseeing up here.

By walk, my wife meant a hike, and since this was our wedding anniversary, I was obliged to accommodate her. I love her and I love hiking so being agreeable to the proposition at hand wasn't hard.

One challenge was our 3 1/2-year-old son: Where could we go that would be appropriate for him? Certainly nothing too technical, like the high peaks of the Catskills. Nor anything too far to drive to, where his interest in a walk with mom and dad would ...